Images of plants painted on pottery made up to 8,000 years ago may be the earliest example of humans’ mathematical thought, a ...

When faced with something new, human beings instinctively reach for comparisons. A child learning about atoms might hear that electrons orbit the nucleus “like planets orbit the sun.” An entrepreneur ...

Your brain might have a hidden neural layer that puts you in touch with the same “figures” during altered states of ...

In the fishing villages along Lake Kariba in northern Zimbabwe, near the border with Zambia, everyday routines that should be ...

A multi-disciplinary team from the Coordinated Science Laboratory has received a grant from the Office of Research Integrity ...

From high-wind forecasts and wildfire behavior to floods, aviation hazards, air quality and space weather, science developed ...

New research suggests that when you eat matters. Experts share their seven timing tips for eating breakfast, lunch and dinner ...

Humans are the only primates that run nearly naked under the sun. Here’s how this biological tradeoff reshaped how our ...

“This gap is especially limiting in longevity research, where admixed supercentenarians may harbor unique protective variants ...

The process of “epigenetic memory” in nerve cells plays a key role in learning ability, memory function, and healthy brain ...

For more than 25 years, humans have lived and worked continuously aboard the International Space Station, conducting research ...

A new study analyzed the sleep patterns of jellyfish and sea anemones and found they share some sleep traits with humans. The ...